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Atlantic
Atlantic
". . . the only thing that ever really frightened me during the war was the U-boat peril." - Winston Churchill The battle of the Atlantic was the longest war that started by Germsn. It lasted from September 1939 until the defeat of Germany in 1945. In order to win the war and took control of the Atlantic. The German used U-boat in the war and had a great succes. However, Canada set up convoys (group of 50 - 60 supply ships) with corvettes to help the Allied convoys. -
Britain
Battle of Britain
"Never, in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few. " - Sir Winston Churchill The battle started in the summer of this year. German and British air forces clashed in the skies over the United Kingdom. It was the first major military campaign in history to be fought entirely in the air. 3000 Nazi plane were shot down in the battle. -
Pacific War
Pacific War The attack of Pearl Harbor was the start of Pacific war. After attacked Pearl Harbor, Janpan started a lot of war around the Pacific ocean. It ended till America dropped the atomic bomb. -
Hong Kong
Hong Kong
"The worst disaster and largest capitulation in British history." - Churchill on the fall of Singapore December 1941 was a black month for the Allies. Japanese attacked Pearl Horbar and Hong Kong. Canadian soldiers protected Hong Kong for the British. 290 Canadians died, 500 wounded. It was the largest surrender of British-led troops in history. -
Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor
"Yesterday, Dec. 7, 1941 - a date which will live in infamy - the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan." - Franklin D. Roosevelt Shortly before 8am on Sunday 7 December 1941, Japanese attacked the Pearl Harbor, in Hawaii. It destroyed 188 US aircraft and killed 2,400 American. Pearl Harbor appeared to be a huge success for Japan. -
Dieppe Raid
Dieppe
During the Second World War, on 19 August 1942, the Allies launched a major raid on the small French coast port of Dieppe. 900 Canadians died, 1000 wounded, 1900 became prisoners of Germany and only 2200 returned safely to Britain. Despite the bloodshed, the raid provided valuable lessons for subsequent Allied amphibious assaults on Africa, Italy and Normandy. -
Italy
Italy
"I expected to see a wild cat roaring into the mountains - and what do I find? A whale wallowing on the beaches." - Winston Churchill The Allied invasion of Sicily began on 10 July 1943. Operation Husky was the beginning of the attack on Italy. Canada lost over 2300 men, but used “mouse-holing” technique to capture the city. Blasted holes in walls or buildings to avoid being shot by Germans. -
D-Day
D-Day
"Do you realise that by the time you wake up in the morning 20,000 men may have been killed?" - Churchill to his wife the night before D-Day On 6 June 1944, the Allied ttacked Normandy, France to take France back. British and Canadian troops landed at 7.30, at the end's of the day, the soldiers had penetrated six kilometers inlans. It was the big success of Canada at Juno Beach, but had 335 dead and 739 wounded. -
Atomic Bomb
Atomic Bomb
"Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds"
- Oppenheimer quoting the Bhagavad Gita, after the successful atomic bomb test at Los Alamos on 6 August 1945 a US B-29 bomber dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima, killed around 80,000 people. Three days later, a second bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, causing the deaths of 40,000 more.
